Summer workshops are fun. You do them on your own time, connect with other teachers and learn in a stress free environment. Over the past week and a half, I was able to participate in a couple workshops, both presenting and participating.
This past weekend, I traveled down to Philly to participate in the first #ntcamp. It was fun. Not only was I able to feel like a 20 year old again as I started the road trip from New Hampshire at midnight arriving in Philly by 7 am, I was able to connect face to face with many people in my Twitter PLN and make new friends as well.
While at #ntcamp, I led a session to integrate active listening strategies into poetry writing with @butwait @kylepace @aleaness @debschi and @cybraryman1.
First we listened actively to a short Fantasy on a Hungarian National Melody by Franz Liszt and brainstormed words we thought of as we listened. These words were added in a collaborative brainstorm to a Wallwisher made on the spot by @butwait.
After some time, we started to put the words in an order that made sense and came up with a poem. The final poem can be found at http://typewith.me
Introductory Presidential Marching
Firm Regal Handshakes
Dashingly Dramatic Dance
Powerful Brass Procession
Culminating Celebration
Then @kylepace volunteered to narrate the poem into his iphone and uploaded it in audioboo.fm
Finally, I took our audio voice over and the piece itself and mixed them using audio editing software, Audacity. With this I was able to spread @kylepace’s narration through the duration of the piece. I uploaded it to share in soundcloud.com
And here is our final product.
Click here if Soundcloud player does not work: AL poem ntcamp
AL poem ntcamp by eliza_peterson
It was so great to collaborate with these people and come up with an audio memory of our mini collaborative project.
Here’s the Glog I made as a “handout” for the session.
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Elizabeth Peterson has devoted her life to education and to reaching out to other teachers who want to remain inspired. Mrs. Peterson teaches fourth grade in Amesbury, Massachusetts and is the host of www.theinspiredclassroom.com. She holds an M.Ed. in Education, “Arts and Learning” and is currently enrolled in a C.A.G.S. program through Plymouth State University with a focus in “Arts Leadership and Learning.” Elizabeth is author of Inspired by Listening, a teacher resource book that includes a method of music integration she has developed and implemented into her own teaching. She teaches workshops and courses on the integration of the arts into the curriculum, leads an arts integration PLC (PLaiC) and is adjunct faculty for PSU. Mrs. Peterson believes there is a love of active, integrated learning in all children and from their enthusiasm, teachers can shape great opportunities to learn. 
This is such an inspiring post! Not only is it a great way to show what can be done collaboratively, but it shows how many different forms of technology can be incorporated in meaningful ways. Plus, this workshop was happening in a time slot when I had a really hard time deciding which to go to, so I’m personally glad that now I feel as if I got to learn from it, post-mortem, so thanks for that
Elizabeth, thanks so much for sharing your gifts and facilitating some active listening & collaborative creation at ntcamp! We all had fun…
I am new to twitter (rather inept at it) and blogging, but LOVE the idea of being connected to so many creative individuals and enjoy reading the posts, so I’ll attempt to follow as best I can and contribute when/if possible.
LaFlecha – Thanks! I’m so glad you enjoyed this post. By the end of our time, I was amazed at how much tech was integrated into our mini project. It truly took the entire group collaborating to do it all…
Shelley – You were so integral to our project. Thanks! We did have a very enjoyable time.
Patti – Welcome to Twitter. You will soon be hooked! I’m going right now to find you and add you to my PLN!